Quintiq, a leading provider of Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) and supply chain optimization solutions, today announced the expansion of its North American operations with a second U.S. office located in San Francisco.

A specialized business development and implementation team will support Quintiq's advanced planning and scheduling sales, marketing and implementation services. The team will be dedicated to West coast customers in the United States and Canada. Earning recent industry analyst recognition, Quintiq was named a Visionary in Gartner's 2010 Magic Quadrant for SCP for Process Automation. Quintiq serves industries including logistics, intermodal logistics, distribution, aviation, manufacturing, steel and workforce optimization.

"We now have an East coast and West coast office in the United States, positioning Quintiq to easily provide the best technology services to customers throughout the United States and Canada. The opening of the Quintiq San Francisco office is the next step of planned strategic expansion to accommodate the North America business market," said Quintiq's CEO and Co-founder, Victor Allis. "We anticipate rapid growth across North America and we're committed to building the infrastructure to provide the highest quality software services."

Quintiq's North American Business Director, Joachim Arts leads the San Francisco office, which will be staffed by software consultants and supply chain planning (SCP) sales and marketing experts. Quintiq is currently hiring team members to fill these positions at a pace of two employees per month.

International Marketing Manager, Robin Sands, also plays an integral role in Quintiq's United States and Canada business development in addition to Tom Roukis who comes to Quintiq with a successful portfolio selling enterprise software solutions.

Quintiq advanced scheduling software systems are implemented in 74 countries worldwide. Its customers are all benefiting from the software through tangible results in operational efficiency and productivity improvement; increase in delivery performance and inventory reduction. United States-based clients who've reaped the benefits of its business software solutions include the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). QVC and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Ferries Division (WSF).

About Quintiq Quintiq is a global leader in providing advanced planning, scheduling and supply chain optimization software solutions with its North American offices located in Philadelphia and San Francisco. This fast-growing company, established in 1997, offers and implements software for planning and optimizing complex business processes throughout the enterprise. The company's worldwide headquarters are located in The Netherlands and the USA with subsidiaries located in USA, Australia, China, Finland, Germany, Italy, Malaysia and the United Kingdom. Quintiq systems are implemented in 74 countries worldwide.